Habitat Engineering & Forensics
446 - 17th Street, Suite 300
Oakland, CA  94612

Tel.  (510) 8 9 1- 0 3 0 0
Forensic Investigations - Sample
Failure of Earth Retaining Wall - Concrete Piers & Wood Lagging
Failure of Concrete Piers & Wood Lagging
Cracking & Failure of Concrete Piers & Wood Lagging
Cracking of Concrete Pier Foundation
What Was Wrong?
Failure of Upper
Portion of CMU
Wall during
Construction
(Wind Damage)
Concrete Masonry Unit Construction, Wall Failure Caused by Wind
Defective Concrete: Cracking, Spalling, Scaling
Defective Concrete Slab
Defective Concrete Foundation
Defective Concrete Curb (containing Fly-ash): Spalling
Defective Concrete Sidewalk
Termite Damage, Wood-Frame Construction
Extensive Termite Damage
(Load-Bearing Wall)
Effect of Pile
Driving for a
Multi-Story
Building on
Adjacent Buildings
Defective Concrete
Construction
Cracking in  
Brick Masonry
Historic
Building
Steel Frame Building: Demolition Accident & Personal Injury
Power Plant Decommissioning Operations
Accident during
Demolition
CMU Wall after Wind Damage, Bent Reinforcement
Eccentric Connection (Hold-Down) in Wood-Frame Construction
Steel Column/Base-Plate Connection, Eccentricity & Construction Tolerances
Wood Stud Shear Wall, Gaps & Tolerances
Improper Connections?
Historic Brick Masonry Building Affected by Nearby Demolition & New Bridge Construction
Historic Brick Masonry Walls
Historic Brick Masonry Building, Crack Monitors
Hammer Driven Concrete Piles
High-Rise Building on Driven Pre-stressed Concrete Piles
Prestressed Concrete Piles
High-Rise Concrete Commercial Building, Post-Tensioned Concrete Slab Floors
Concrete Cracking & Spalling, Post-Tensioning of Concrete Floors
Investigation
of
Post-Tensioned
Concrete
Floors
Wood-Framed Building Affected by Fire
Fire Damage to Wood-Framed
Residential Building
Hillside Building, Distressed Concrete Retaining Wall
Excessive Crack Opening in Concrete Retaining Wall
Large Cracks in Concrete Retaining Wall
Distressed Retaining Wall
(Speaking of Crack Width!)
Steel Silos on Deep Concrete Slabs
Water Intrusion
(Grain Silos)
Steel Grain Silos & Hoppers
Grain Silos, Steel Cylinders, Overlapped Corrugated Plates
Hillside Building & Landslide
Downhill Clean-up Operations after Mudslide
Slope Protection after Landslide
Landslide & House-Slide?
Failure of Concrete Slab Supported by Wood Posts
Failure of Walkway Slab & Stairs
(Multi-Residential Building)
Commercial Building on Concrete Podium & Columns over Creek
Underwashed and Exposed Concrete Foundation
Undermined
Foundation
Within Creek
Monorail Transportation Structure & Station: Steel Roof & Platform, Precast Prestressed Concrete Girders & Reinforced Concrete Foundation
Monorail Transportation Structure & Station: Steel Roof and Platform, Precast Prestressed Concrete Girders & Reinforced Concrete Foundation
Transportation
Structures

Design & Construction
Disputes
  •  Consulting
  •  Design
  •  Damage Investigations
  •  Construction Defects & Accidents
  •  Failure Analysis